Reactions
Subtitle: medieval/modern
By: edited by Dot Porter ; [contributors: Angela Bennett [and six others]]
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780998327006
Subjects: Medieval Manuscripts; Exhibitions; Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts
Notes: Published to accompany an exhibition held at the University of Pennsylvania August 2 thorugh December 20, 2016.

"Reactions : medieval/modern explores the many and varied ways that people have reacted to, and acted upon, manuscripts from the Middle Ages up to today.  Reactions take many forms. They include the manipulation of physical objects through, for example, the marking up of texts, addition of illustrations, the disbinding of books or rebinding fragments, as well as the manipulation of digital objects, thanks to new technologies involved in digitization, ink and parchment analysis, virtual reconstruction, among many other processes.  Reactions also looks into how popular culture has reacted to manuscripts over time as witnessed by their use and appearance in books, games, and films.  This companion volume of essays responds and expands to themes explored in the exhibition Reactions : medieval/modern curated by Dot Porter at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts in the Fall of 2016."--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Preface : Reaction, a mémoire  -- Dot Porter; title: Animality  -- Bruce Holsinger; title: Filling a void : the use of marginal space in medieval books  -- Erik Kwakkel; title: Adding images to the book as an afterthought  -- Kathryn M. Rudy; title: Words written : manuscripts in popular culture  -- Michael Livingston; title: Aggregation : the digital response to manuscript data  -- Angela Bennett; title: Exhibition checklist.